A.   All of these

B.   The 5th Amendment.

C.   The 6th Amendment.

D.   The 4th Amendment

A.   Preceded the American Revolutionary War.

B.   Followed the American Civil War

C.   Happened in the midst of WWII, threatening the presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

D.   Has been a common event in almost all of the wars that the US has fought

A.   None of these.

B.   Very high, well over half.

C.   About half and half the country trusting the government.

D.   Actually quite low, much less than half.

A.   None of these.

B.   They liked the fact that Parliament could act quickly on matters, but they did not like the members of Parliament.

C.   They did not like the fact that there was not a written British Constitution that they could cite to protect their interests.

D.   They were fine with Parliament determining what was law, they just wanted their own representatives in London.

A.   It extended 1st Amendment liberties to African Americans.

B.   It guaranteed the right to trial to African Americans

C.   It freed the slaves, but only in the rebellious southern states

D.   It abolished slavery everywhere in the United States.

A.   Brown v. Board of Education (1954).

B.   The Same-Sex Marriage Movement

C.   The founding of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

D.   The Right-to-Life Movement.

A.   It has satisfied all people at the local level that their government is completely responding to their needs.

B.   It has effectively satisfied the Founding Fathers' desire for greater centralization of powers in the national government

C.   It has provided an effective check on unilateral power whether at the federal or state level.

D.   It has completely eliminated discrimination against various groups of people

A.   FALSE

B.   TRUE

A.   Voter ID laws in Wisconsin.

B.   The federal Defense of Marriage Act.

C.   Segregation of private schools in North Carolina

D.   Florida's method of counting votes in the 2000 presidential election.

A.   FALSE

B.   TRUE

A.   Lawyers in residence at Parliament to decide how Parliament's laws would be implemented in the colonies.

B.   Colonial governors who could veto any laws.

C.   Actual representatives of their own choosing in Parliament or in the colonies.

D.   Fewer taxes, and they really did not care about representation

A.   None of these.

B.   Negative or negate.

C.   Review.

D.   Abstain

A.   FALSE

B.   TRUE

A.   Libel, politically disparaging words, and fighting words

B.   Politically disparaging words, libel, and obscenity

C.   Obscenity, fighting words, and politically disparaging words.

D.   Fighting words, obscenity, and libel

A.   The executive to review the legality of legislation

B.   The executive to nullify laws that do not meet with the meaning of the Constitution

C.   The judiciary to review the constitutionality of legislation.

D.   The judiciary to remove unfit Congressmen from office.

A.   People can not be compelled to make pledges that contain religious expressions such as "God."

B.   The Bill of Rights contains two separate limitations on religion.

C.   The Bill of Rights permits the establishment of a state religion in certain special cases

D.   Neither the federal nor the state government can dictate which religion people can observe.

A.   FALSE

B.   TRUE

A.   None of these

B.   Founded on pure fact

C.   Actually myths.

D.   Best accepted and not questioned.

A.   FALSE

B.   TRUE

A.   None of these

B.   New ideas in the English parliamentary system

C.   Major themes in the common history of both the English people and the American colonists.

D.   . Considered out-of-date notions by the Americans.

A.   Ease the effects of gridlock

B.   Delay or block legislation.

C.   Compromise.

D.   Move bills to the front of the legislative calendar

A.   It is lying about another person.

B.   It is telling the secrets of a person to the federal government.

C.   It is lying about a person in public media

D.   It is telling something untrue about persons in public media that may result in harm to them or their reputations.

A.   Montesquieu's theory about the size of republics was correct but that the American republic could overcome the problem with adequate funds

B.   Montesquieu was correct that the most successful republic was a small one

C.   Montesquieu’s theory applied only to Italy.

D.   The large and diverse population of America was an advantage, as it would bring ideological balance in a republican government

A.   The executive would have a Cabinet and have no role in nominating federal judges

B.   None of these.

C.   The executive would have the power of the veto and would have no role in nominating federal judges.

D.   The executive would be a single individual and have the power of the veto over legislation.

A.   The 14th Amendment.

B.   All have been equally important

C.   The 13th Amendment

D.   The 15th Amendment

A.   All of these

B.   The US Constitution supersedes state law.

C.   The US Constitution is the law of the land.

D.   Any laws made that further the intent of the Constitution are protected by the clause

A.   TRUE

B.   FALSE

A.   Executive and the legislature work together in a proper way to make necessary laws

B.   Congress makes any laws necessary and proper to carry out the intent of the Constitution.

C.   President can do whatever is necessary and proper for the people.

D.   Judiciary must determine if laws are necessary and proper.

A.   FALSE

B.   TRUE

A.   Are not a very effective way to reach the people

B.   Are only important in primary campaigns.

C.   Are nice but not essential to federalism or democracy

D.   Are important for federalism to function effectively.

A.   Federalism is unlikely to work well.

B.   All of these.

C.   Our ongoing experiment in democracy will not function

D.   The liberties and freedoms government is supposed to protect will not prevail

A.   Social movements challenged divine right monarchies in the 18th century

B.   Social movements originated in response to the notion that there should be broader distributions of power.

C.   Social movements originated in western societies

D.   Social movements never attempted to address the issue of slavery.

A.   Declaring war

B.   Levying taxes

C.   Establishing and maintaining schools.

D.   All of these

A.   Mostly in the last 50 years

B.   Throughout the entire history of the nation.

C.   Since the Progressive Era

D.   Since the Abolition Movement just before the Civil War.

A.   All of these.

B.   Each state's doubts about the others' commitment to policies would slow down and clog the federal system.

C.   Experience proved that states would never uniformly comply with national requests

D.   Each state legislature contained "courtiers of popularity" who would actively oppose particular policies

A.   Three tiers of review for deciding whether equal protection was denied

B.   All of these.

C.   Three tiers of review for deciding whether citizenship was denied unconstitutionally

D.   Three tiers of review for deciding whether due process of law was denied.

A.   Each level of government has powers to leverage against the others

B.   All of these

C.   Levels of government that cover all the people living in the sovereign territory.

D.   Different responsibilities for each level of government.

A.   An entirely separate level of government that is protected from encroachments or interference from state or federal governments

B.   All of these

C.   Subject to the jurisdiction of the federal government with no separate powers

D.   Subject to the jurisdiction of state government with no separate powers

A.   TRUE

B.   FALSE

A.   Designate Boston as the location for the next federal convention

B.   Persuade George Washington to become the president

C.   Persuade the citizens of New York to ratify the Constitution

D.   Convince Americans that they should NOT accept federalism.

A.   The delegates understood that many of the vague terms in the Constitution would have to be worked out in the future

B.   It was a fairly complex system.

C.   All of these.

D.   Much of it was experimental

A.   All of these.

B.   Applied to matters of taxation

C.   Eventually, applied to legislative acts in general

D.   Stated that the colonists had to obey Parliament "in all cases whatsoever

A.   The national government had the power to raise troops.

B.   The national government had to rely on the individual states to raise troops.

C.   The national government had the power to tax

D.   The national government could demand funds from the individual states to fund its operations.

A.   FALSE

B.   TRUE

A.   FALSE

B.   TRUE

A.   The material describes sexual conduct in an offensive way.

B.   The average person would find the material as appealing to a "prurient" interest

C.   The material lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value

D.   All of these.

A.   Benefited small states.

B.   Instituted a formula which counted slaves as three-fifths of a non-slave

C.   Was actually not a compromise but a series of wins and defeats.

D.   All of these

A.   Executive orders are usually ineffective to resolve civil rights issues

B.   None of these

C.   Civil rights issues can only be resolved in the courts.

D.   Civil rights issues can not be resolved with Congressional legislation

A.   FALSE

B.   TRUE

A.   The states have the final say

B.   The US Constitution has the final say

C.   The Congress has the final say

D.   The president has the final say.